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by Ljubomir MILASIN Agence France-Presse RIMINI, Italy (AFP) – Italy’s populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) announces its candidate for prime minister Saturday as it braces to attempt a revolutionary shift from protest to ruling party. Political darling Luigi di Maio, 31, is the reassuring face of Italy’s anti-establishment insurgency and is widely seen as having the vote in the bag. The clean-shaven lawmaker has been openly groomed to run for the top job in the spring 2018 general […]
by Sofia Miselem / Joshua Howat Berger Agence France Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Anxiety mounted Friday as Mexico approached the crucial 72-hour mark after a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 300 people, with exhausted rescuers racing to reach survivors trapped in the rubble before it is too late. Anguished families watching and waiting at buildings that collapsed with their loved ones inside pleaded with authorities not to send in the […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban expires Sunday with little clarity over whether America’s door will reopen for travelers from six majority-Muslim countries. Based on the policy, US embassies or representatives in Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen should resume granting visas to their nationals planning to visit the United States for work, study, pleasure or to emigrate. But some think the […]
by Kelly Macnamara Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – US President Donald Trump is “mentally deranged” and will “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea, Kim Jong-Un said Friday, as his foreign minister hinted the regime may explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean. In a rare personal attack published hours after Washington announced tougher sanctions, the North Korean leader took aim at Trump over his maiden speech to the UN General Assembly in […]
JOJULTA, Mexico (CCTV) — The death toll from Tuesday’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake in central Mexico has climbed to 273, the government said on Thursday. Half of those deaths occurred in the capital Mexico City, where nearly 40 buildings collapsed, while the other half in the surrounding states. According to a release from the national civil protection agency, 137 people were killed in the capital, 73 in Morelos state, 43 in Puebla state, 13 in the State […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — More videos reveal the destruction brought about by Mexico’s 7.1-magnitude quake on Tuesday, September 19. The quake struck about 150 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of the capital and has killed as many 273 people. One video posted on Twitter shows a fire that quickly turns into a massive explosion, sending crowds of people running. Another post, from Facebook, shows students running from Mexico City’s Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, […]
EL SEIBO, Dominican Republic (Reuters) — Hurricane Maria pounded parts of the Dominican Republic with heavy rain on Thursday (September 21), causing severe flooding especially in eastern parts of the country before regaining some of its strength. This was as it moved towards the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas on Thursday night. Maria’s powerful winds knocked out power in most parts in the north of the country, emergency responders said. The intense rain […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Rescue workers working against the odds in Mexico City on Thursday (September 21) received reinforcements from USAID amidst a rising death toll and dwindling hope of finding people alive more than 48 hours after a deadly quake. At least 60 survivors have been pulled from disaster sites in Mexico City since Tuesday’s (September 19) 7.1-magnitude quake. As of late Thursday, 273 people were confirmed dead, and nearly 2 thousand injured. The […]
by Philippe Teisceira-Lessard Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Germans vote in a general election on Sunday after a campaign which has seen parties spar over how closely refugees and immigrants should integrate into the national culture, sparking fierce discussions about what it means to be German. What started the debate? The armies of Turkish “guest workers” brought over for German factories after the devastation of World War II had kept the integration debate simmering for decades. But […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono called Thursday on countries to cut diplomatic ties with North Korea as part of pressure to end the regime’s nuclear and missile drive. Hours after the United States announced its toughest economic sanctions yet on North Korea, Kono said that more than 160 countries had diplomatic relations with Kim Jong-Un’s regime. “We have to urge these countries to cut their diplomatic and economic relationships […]
by Shaun Tandon and Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse The United States ramped up sanctions aimed at curtailing North Korea’s nuclear weapons drive Thursday, as Kim Jong-Un vowed that Donald Trump’s “deranged” threats would only toughen his resolve. The US president unveiled the new measures as he met with the leaders of allies Japan and South Korea, even as key international players China and Russia voiced unease with his more aggressive approach. Two days after […]
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Yemen’s Huthi rebels and their allies gathered in Sanaa on Thursday to mark three years since the rebel takeover of the capital. The Huthis and forces loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh captured Sanaa on September 21, 2014, plunging Yemen into chaos and prompting a Saudi-led military intervention against them the next year. On Thursday, warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition flew overhead as the crowds — Huthi and Saleh supporters — massed in the […]
